vermination

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/vɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

The generation or breeding of vermin.

OriginLatin verminatio →
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Meanings

nounvermination (usually uncountable, plural verminations)

plural verminations

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyThe generation or breeding of vermin.

    As Seigneur Redi was one of the first that made it his business to discard anomalous generation, so he tried more experiments relating to the vermination of ſerpents

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
  2. archaicuncountableusuallymedicineA griping pain of the bowels.

Origin

  1. Latinverminatio
  2. Englishvermination

Latin verminatio the worms, a disease of animals, a crawling, itching pain.

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APA

vermination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermination

MLA

“vermination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermination. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vermination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermination.

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